Diversity

August 26, 2021

Accommodating and Supporting Students with Disabilities: Conestoga Faculty Stories

Reading Time: 7 minutes Stories curated by Elan Paulson and Sara Kafashan Increasing numbers of students with disabilities are attending colleges in Ontario (Learning Disabilities Association of Ontario, n.d.). In...

Accessible Learning/Diversity/Faculty Stories

August 26, 2021

A Foundational Understanding of Accessible Teaching and Learning at Conestoga College

Reading Time: 4 minutes Across Ontario colleges and universities, there are growing numbers of students with disabilities (Learning Disabilities of Ontario, 2019). At Conestoga, we have seen our numbers...

Accessible Learning/Diversity

August 25, 2021

Cameras On and Off in Virtual Classes

Reading Time: 4 minutes Why should you keep your camera on when teaching? We have now had more than a year and a half of experience with virtual classes...

Build Community/Teaching/Universal Design for Learning (UDL)

June 23, 2021

Best Practices for Faculty to Support Students in Distress or in Crisis

Reading Time: 4 minutes In this post, you will learn about best practices to support students in distress or in crisis. Some of the information here is based on...

Accessible Learning/Diverse Identities/Diversity

June 23, 2021

Tips for Teaching Out-of-Country International Students

Reading Time: 3 minutes Due to the current situation, many students are attending classes from their home country. Students attending the courses from outside of Canada require some unique...

Diversity/Modes of Delivery/Online Synchronous/Teaching International Students

June 18, 2021

Students from India: Effective Communication Strategies

Reading Time: 4 minutes By Kathryn Brillinger, Laura Stoutenburg, & Nasreen Sultana, Teaching and Learning, Conestoga College A wide range of communication styles exist all around the world. We...

Diversity/Teaching International Students

May 18, 2021

Students from India: Help Them to be Successful

Reading Time: 5 minutes How can you best prepare for cohorts of students from India? This Teaching Tip aims to help you find out.

Teaching/Teaching International Students

May 5, 2021

Read&Write for Studying and Research

Reading Time: 2 minutes The following is a message from Conestoga College’s Library Services department. Read&Write is a literacy toolbar that helps students enhance their reading, writing, studying, and...

Accessible Learning/Classroom Tech

March 12, 2021

10 (+1) Tips for Supporting International Students (and Everyone Else) While Teaching Online

Reading Time: 5 minutes Kathryn Brillinger, Nasreen Sultana, and Laura Stoutenburg of Teaching and Learning, and Thomas Campbell and Kavya Adapala from Student Engagement. Keep the Welcome Going Work on a big, warm welcome each class. Students will...

Diversity/Online Synchronous/Teaching International Students

December 1, 2020

Supporting Privacy Rights of People with Disabilities

Reading Time: 2 minutes Information and links on protecting the rights of people to disclose or withhold information about theirdisability